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The predominant rock is slate, but granite, sandstone, limestone, quartz, and schist abound, while traces of volcanic action at some remote age are shown by the presence of basalt, trachyte, etc. As regards its mineralogy the State has always possessed a high reputation for its product of gold and tin. Though during recent periods these have been but little sought, the wonderful old gold workings discovered by Messrs. Knaggs and Gower show that, wild, desolate and abandoned as the greater portion of the State now appears to be, it must, at some very remote time have been well known and populated. Gold is worked on a large scale at Raub by the Raub Australian Mining Company, and on a small scale at Penjom by Chinese and Malays. The Pahang Consolidated Company, Ltd., have large tin mines at Sungei Lembing in the Kuantan district, and there is much tin mining in the Bentong-Raub and at Gambong in the Kuantan district.
The administrative expenditure has, in the past, exceeded the ncome, and the State in 1916 owed $10,809,743 to other States of the Federation. The country promises soon to emerge from its backward condition. This backwardness was due chiefly to the lack of proper means of communication. The indebtedness incurred by the State is represented by public improvements that are going to prove of a remunerative character in years to come. Excellent roads have been constructed, opening up of land for planting and the aiding of prospecting for minerals. All the prin- cipal towns are now connected by telegraph or telephone, and the New Trunk Railway, which is to connect the F.M.S. system with the Siamese Railways, is already in an advanced stage, having reached Kuala Lipis from the southern junction at Gemas. When this line is completed it will be possible to travel by rail from Singapore to Bangkok through Kelantan.
The quantity of copra exported during 1917 was 6,603 piculs. The exports of rubber were valued at $3,679,335 in 1917 against $2,351,924 in 1916. For mining purposes, 48,712 acres were alienated. The export of tin and tin-ore was 58,734 piculs, valued at $6,381,499, against 58,494 piculs valued at $5,110,528 in 1916. The out- put of gold at Raub was 15,600 ounces against 16,019 ounces in 1915.
Imports were valued at $2,870,338 against $3,490,794 in 1916 and exports at $11,224,765 against $8,561,576 in 1916.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
Sultan-His Highness ABDULLAH IBINI ALMERHUM SULTAN ALMAD British Resident~C. W. C. Parr
COUNCIL OF STATE
His Highness Sultan Abdullah ibini Al- | The Dato Mahraja Perba of Jelai
merhum Sultan Almad, President (Sultan
of Pahang)
The British Resident
Tungku Suleiman ibini Almerhum Sultan
Ahmad
BRITISH RESIDENCY
British Resdt. Hon. Mr. C. W. C. Parr Office Assistant-T. A. Reutens First Clerk-Muhawad Soolong Second do.-S. J. Cyril
Third do.-E. E. Espockoruran
Judge
COURTS
Chief Judicial Commissioner,
J. R. Innes (acting)
Imam Prang Indera Stia Raja
Che Ungku Wan Mohomed Saleh
Ché Osman bin Imam Prang Indera Ma-
kota
Mufti, Haji Osman bin Senik
DISTRICT OFFICERS
Lipis
District Officer-A. F. Worthington Asst. District Officer-M. C. Hay
Raub
District Officer-J. W. Gordthorp
Asst. do.
-L. Rayman
Temerloh
District Officer-J. W. W. Hughes
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